Maintenance Engineer Jobs – East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Job Title:  Maintenance Engineer

Organisation: East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore marine storage and export terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,443 km long, electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale – Hoima in Uganda to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to international markets.

Job Summary: The position holder is responsible for managing the mechanic maintenance activities and EACOP Ugandan maintenance coordination for all discipline and site mechanical technician and several maintenance contractors. He/She is responsible for maintenance action activities for perimeter 1: feeder line ,PS1, PS2, MLBV station in this area.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the maintenance coordination carried out on site.
• Ensure that maintenance activities are performed in strict compliance with COMPANYs current safety rules and operating procedures and in accordance with best industrial practices/standard. Thereby guarantee the quality of the maintenance operations conducted on Site by the Contractor and outside agents.
• As part of the position, contribute on the optimization of maintenance in term of quality, availability and cost
• Contribute to HSE performance in line with EACOP objectives
• Ensure the Work Packs, Procedures, Permits to Works, Risk Assessments and Tool Box Talks are correctly drafted by the Support Entities
• Ensure the main resources of the scopes are provided in time by the Support Entities
• Ensure the Isolations, Inhibitions, Flushing, Inerting various scopes are provided
• Provide input for the Campaign various Planning and Scheduling
• Provide and Execution Plan and source the supporting resources (e.g. vessels, scaffolding, HSE supervision);
• Prepare and execute the on boarding process of the various workforces prior the execution phases to commence
• Ensure the Campaign is safely and efficiently done
• Manage related service contracts as to improve campaign efficiency;
• Contribute to the 2-Year visions of planned campaigns and the 90-day planning
• Influence the 90-day planning
• Influence the 5-week planning
• Issue t-REX.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor level or similar
• Proficiency in oral and written English
• Good knowledge of CMIMS (Computerized Maintenance & Inspection Management System).
• Mechanical , rotating engineer
• Experience Required:
• 10-15 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry or a high potential, 4 years minimum as site discipline or multidiscipline leader or supervisor.
• Site -multi sites and multidiscipline planning preparation or activity management experience.
• Mechanical maintenance experience.
• MS office good experience
• Primavera use good experience
• Other skills required: responsibility, natural authority, decision making, good communication skills, organization and methods.
• If you like working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

How to Apply:

If you like working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us! Please apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 23rd February 2026

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120